Dave Mustaine Cancer Memoir
Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine revealed his 2027 memoir *In My Darkest Hour* will focus on his 2019 throat cancer battle. The book will provide a raw inside look at his health struggles and their influence on both his music and personal life during Megadeth's 2026 farewell tour.
- The 2019 diagnosis was specifically squamous cell carcinoma at the back of his tongue, for which doctors gave him a 90% chance of recovery. His treatment was intensive, involving 51 radiation treatments and nine chemotherapy sessions. [- *In My Darkest Hour*](https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQFRDQ6UsBtulS_dVPe6oLe-Zi50s6YhxClmwBUdMFs40aExWPAKlMHju5U-AtLbybbxQMOlb9w-fn9mAJNeAXfVh-KVzILDzKsQJCUjBGtodqpJwRbhzJzP9NQybVXtNUbpabBr-x8p2EVNioAmcaV-4lvcttNdAa8DMvBElfI-UZXX62M3jIZvae20LqfMdDG7qYjS7JWOlqJaHKWPnJxbjNzetRV7uFwcpbbWDDlD1DKZTMiQHFQMAEvez33_XSAt7NO7yqFJQwHVxP4yZJaD49r_qcevuVQ9WmCi9N0=) will be Mustaine's third book. He previously released *Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir* in 2010 and *Rust in Peace: The Inside Story of the Megadeth Masterpiece* in 2020. - The memoir is co-written by Joe Layden, who also collaborated with Mustaine on his first autobiography, *Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir*. - During his cancer treatments, Mustaine would often go directly to the recording studio to work on what would become Megadeth's sixteenth studio album, *The Sick, the Dying... and the Dead!* - The radiation therapy had to be highly targeted to avoid permanently damaging his vocal cords. Mustaine noted that an error of a single millimeter could have ended his singing career. - Megadeth's farewell tour, set to begin in 2026, is a multi-year global event with scheduled dates across Canada, Latin America, and Europe. - Mustaine was declared 100% cancer-free in October 2019 and returned to the stage for a European tour in early 2020.
